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Become acquainted with the origination of NPR-Story of its political beginning (Part I-1850-1875):
(Part
II-1875-Present). Note: It was founded using government money
& management – failure was obvious. (Also available by CD)*** Yellowstone County Boundaries and Origins History
(Note: the various boundary lines are presented in another link within the “origin’s
file”.) Riverboat History on the Yellowstone (Available
also on CD) Links to the 1875 journey in detailed segments on the The Bozeman Trail –Part 1 Military Operations; Part 2 Summary Explanations; Part 3 Route Details,
(eg., complete description of its 968-mile length (Also on CD) Coulson Creation and Definitions Parmly Billings Library Scrapbook Indices Stage Coaches & Routes – One Hundred Years
of Men, Horses & Wagons Crow Oral
History – Compiled by the Lodge Grass Students c 1971 (From Parmly
Billings Library – Scrap Book Archives. – 25meg) If file is too large for
your PC, download the chapter pages separately as noted below. Chapter 1 & 2 (Back in the
Dog Days & White Men) Chapter 4-6 (War with
Cheyennes, Bad Times, The First Reservation) Chapter 7 & 8 (Gold in
Crow Country & The Second reservation) Chapter 9 (Reservation Life
1870-1874) Chapter 11-13 (Giving Up
Land, No More Dancing, The New Life) Joseph MV Cochran’s Indian Depredation Claim
(September 13, 1877 home site in Riverfront Park area destruction by Nez
Perce) (Available by CD, or can email small segments 2-4MB each in PDF) Land acquisition ownership records in *** denotes a PowerPoint or equivalent
presentation too large to transmit via email. Presentations and related files
are stored on the As new extracts are added, links to the others will remain.
All files are available to interested Genealogy researchers via email. I have
about 1,000 detail files on
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The attached file was derived from
the book HISTORY OF THE YELLOWSTONE
VALLEY Majority of the names listed in the index have detailed biographies and some include pictures. Lookups from the book are available. Please contact Michael V Hoines at the following address ------- mthoines@yahoo.com |
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Just
released is a superb manuscript about early life in This
manuscript can be obtained from Harley O’Donnell. Contact him at HOdon21621@aol.com
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This
site has extensive & established reference sites’ linkages throughout
many countries in the world, including direct access for death, birth, marriage,
census, and related records prepared by numerous research historians and
family heritages. The specific records for
Montana are collected in a separate director listing. Some official country / regional sites
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Severson Family |
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This
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Cemeteries
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There
are several ways to check ancestral burials in Above,
you'll see that there's a link to free limited lookups in the Boothill Cemetery – Jean
Batiste Charbonneau (Pomp); had Pompeys Pillar named after him by William
Clark in 1806. Pomp was very well educated, and his life story original
documents are noted in the attached link (Pomp’s
Gravesite in Danner, Oregon). Photos are provided along with some details
of his death. Danner is an abandoned town on the Old Military Trail leading
from the west coast to Fort Hall. Danner is about 3-1/2 miles west of Highway
95 between Listings of Obituary postings from the Carbon County area, generated when the Yellowstone Genealogy Forum created a master file for the cemetery records in the 1980’s, is tabulated in a separate listing for reference to the newspaper or other sources. There are about 200 pages of listings for these source records. Most of the files can be obtained from the Carbon County Genealogy Society sources. For
active and past burials in either Smith Terrace Gardens Memorial Estates or Burial
arrangements provided by Smith’s Funeral Home along with the death
certificate details, are available from the WebMaster, from 1900 through
c2006.Not all details were recorded. This is a “work-in-progress”. When
family history records are made available within the files, that information
is listed under the note column. Funeral code refers to the file ledger
folder identification. There are over 26,000 entries to date. Information on
the record file (if listed) is arranged as follows; if no data entered – that
field is left blank: [lastname, first names, sex, death date, age/status[1],
burial date, note, burial place, funeral code, birthday, birthplace, place of
death, occupation], [father, f-birth, f-death, father birthplace], [mother
maiden name, m-birth, m-death, mother birthplace], veteran, [spouse, marr
date, marr place] By sorting on various lineage names, a
reasonable genealogical tree can be created. Provide names to search, and
I’ll compile the listing.
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The Census Finder site maintains current links to all known & available FREE census lookups throughout the world. The site grows in size almost daily, and includes Native Americans. |
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Census Records |
1880 – Yellowstone County didn’t exist at this time, but was a small part of Custer County. The entire record collection of the state, extracted to date, is available at the Census Link for the state. The portion defining Yellowstone County is identified within the site. Mark Reed has created a free-search Montana Census Record website at http://www.census-online.com/links/MT/ . It is in the early stages of development, and records for a few of the counties are available. It has a colored map of the counties. His companion states census records are available at http://www.census-online.com/links/. The Little Big Horn College has posted many records for census and head of households (family units) for the years (1885, 1900, 1910, 1930) by clicking here. These records are linked by surname and household numbers. To search the records, first check the surname, then the associated household number(s), and then go back and search the first names of the persons you are researching. This will bring up most of the complete family units, along with ages and relations. An overview of all MT Census Records is available at http://www.censusfinder.com/montana.htm.
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City Directories |
Most
of the Polk Billings’ City Directories 1905 through 2001 belonging to the
Yellowstone Genealogy Forum are being maintained by the web master.
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Courthouse Records |
The Yellowstone County Courthouse is now online. Visit their site for more information. Refer to either the "Clerk & Recorder" or the "Clerk of the District Court" sites. Research requests via Forum members are available. The costs for various services posted below are subject to change. It is best to check with the appropriate office before ordering. NOTE: No out of town checks accepted. For out of town requests, submit a money order, certified check or cash for the fees. Please check with the County personnel prior to sending requests; as costs are always subject to change. Yellowstone Records available: Births: intermittent from 1881; Deaths: from 1895; Leases: from 1895; Deeds: from 1881; Misc.: from 1881; Military discharges: from 1919; Physician's Records of Medical Certificates: from 1898; Index to Corporations & Bonds & Oaths: from 1883. 2003 Fees: Birth: $5.00; Death: $3.00; Uncertified copies (30-year law). Note: Birth records for adopted persons in the county are available, but authorization by the adoptee has to first be obtained from the State Courts in Helena via petition to a judge. Costs start at $350, and Intermediary Counsel is required. Yellowstone
County Clerk of the District Court Records available: Marriage: 1881; Divorce, Civil & Criminal courts: few files from 1884, indexes from 1905; Probate: from 1890. 2000 Fees: Marriage records: Certified - $2.50; Uncertified: $.50. Other documents: $.50 per page. Specific Comments from County Clerks: Provide S.A.S.E.; Write request sending money order, certified check or cash as specified above. Be as specific as possible in giving the date of event, list full name of person(s) and any other pertinent details that will help locate the record. |
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Death Records |
The complete on-line listing of all recorded deaths, those where an official report was filed, are available at the Montana State Genealogy’s Site. |
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Online Death Records from 1st Congregational Church-Billings MT (Partial Listings) |
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Early Residents |
New - Early Residents of Yellowstone County - Indexed from "Yellowstone County and other articles from the Daily Herald 1883" |
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Germans From Russia Census |
Big Horn County, MT
1920, Germans from Russia ~ includes the towns of Hardin and the Crow Indian
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Libraries |
Parmly Billings Library, 510 North Broadway, Billings, Montana 59101. 406-657-8257 Parmly Library has, among other things: · The Billings Gazette, from early years onward, on microfilm. · The Herald, early copies of Coulson articles in scrapbooks & microfilm roll. · The Montana Room, featuring books, maps & media pertaining to Montana and its pioneers and area residents. An extensive Card File Index is provided. (The file is located on the map file case. The files are located within the file cabinets in the room.) · Genealogy Room, maintained by the Yellowstone Genealogy Forum (GEN-ROOM) · Online Indexing and Book Reserve HOLD is available through the On-Line website. · Billings Gazette Vitals Index, currently covering 1882-1900 on-line (At web site enter “Genealogy” to access the listing), plus other years in separate volumes listing birth, death, marriage, divorce, school enrollment, voter registration, pardons, business licenses, delinquent tax notices, and other events that were mentioned in the newspaper. Montana State
University - Billings, 1500 North 30th Street, Billings, MT 59101,
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This is a discussion list for individuals researching Yellowstone County. To subscribe, click above and write the word "subscribe" in the body of the message. |
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The Yellowstone-Clarks Fork Bottom and Pryor Mountain Big Horn area basin was one of the first places to gain a rich heritage in America, yet it is probably the last one to have a fully recorded past. To assist those, whose ancestors helped create this great county area, we will be posting "Out in the Boonies", a series of articles sponsored by Dave Dodge, land historian and relative to Squire Boone, Daniel Boone’s younger brother that delineate individual trails and roads created by these people, and how to locate them. Each will contain the historical record, resources to examine, and identification of the pioneers responsible for their creation. Included will be eight of the Bozeman Trails, the numerous Jim Bridger trails established by him between 1831-1867, the government wagon roads, Crow Reservation trails and roads, and many others. Directions to the forgotten cemeteries, markers and abandoned towns will de described. This “On-Going” project is expected to take several years to complete, and will include current pictures and photographs to assist in your local research of the past. We will gladly post any support, pictures or assistance you can provide in this endeavor. Virtually all of these trails are now on private land, and freely accessible to those desiring ancestral research. We will attempt to provide the access requirements whenever possible so that you might enjoy reaching into the past. When researching the original pioneers of Yellowstone County, it becomes immediately evident that each of these individuals shared a strong personal bond with their neighbors and friends that united them together, and no one person was ever left alone, but co-shared in virtually all endeavors as though they were one large united family. |
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Is up and running, thanks to Patti Easton, Ann Kramlich and a number of contributors. This site will be growing steadily, so check back often!!! |
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This is the unique home for pioneer biographies, local area history and events in Eastern Montana. It has a special tabulated vital record listing that spans two websites for area research. |
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Queries |
This
QUERY
Board links to questions and answers related to the local areas in or
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This is a list of professional researchers who will provide research for a fee in Montana. |
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Rootsweb's Surname, County and State Resource sites - a very useful tool. |
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Pages
of financial registers from the Billings Sugar Factory. Very poor copies as
ink was fading and difficult to scan. Ledgers are held by the Western
Heritage; pictures of the ledgers copied are shown in the pdf file for
reference. Most all pages are blank, as the firm is very young. (About 28meg) |
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During the formation of Yellowstone County in the 1880’s from Big Horn and Custer Counties there were many small towns, stage stops and post office drops that do not appear on the government link. A composite file of these names is found at the Yellowstone Genealogy Forum. |
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A new Veteran's Memorial is being built on the lawn of the Yellowstone County Courthouse to commemorate those from our county who have given their lives in the service of their country. The names of the individuals listed below are being placed on the monument, but if you know of others who were killed or died of wounds received during any war, please contact this site. The monument was dedicated on November 11, 1997, but there will be room for additional names, if found. |
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Vital Records from the Billings Gazette - Index of vital records from 1892 through 1902 are available online at the Billings Parmly Library Website. |
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The WorldGenWeb Project is a non-profit, volunteer based organization dedicated to providing genealogical and historical records and resources for worldwide access! |
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Yellowstone
Basin Preservation Society & Manuel Lisa |
The
society determines and establishes needs for various historical preservation
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Interesting route tales about service to Fort Custer, Etchetah, Rock Creek, Caspar, and White Sulphur Springs in 1879-1881. Fraud was rampant. |
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Miscellaneous |
The
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Cleve Kimmel – County Coordinator
Saturday, October 31, 2009 (Corrected site linkages and
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A file list 
~ includes the town of Roundup 